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a – Welcome to Guitar Lessons Ithaca!

aa – Things You’ll Need to Get Started

aaa – Making Referrals to Guitar Lessons Ithaca

Articles Published by Dennis Winge

Basic Musicianship Skills for Guitarists

Blues, part 1

Bonus: Just Being at the Guitar

Bonus: Make It Stick – the fastest ways to learn

Bonus: Mindset by Carol Dweck

Bonus: The Creative Habit by Twyla Tharp

Bonus: The Creative Act by Rick Rubin

Carol’s personal files

Chart Reading Symbols / How to Make Chord Chart

Chord Switching, how to play along with your favorite songs

chords, 5 basic chord types

Chords, Add9 and 9th chords

Chords, Barre Chords, part 1 – “E” shapes

Chords, Barre Chords, part 2, “A” shapes

Chords, Barre Chords, part 3

Chords, Barre Chords, part 4 – implementing

Chords, CAGED Embellishments, part 4, non-open positions

Chords, CAGED Embellishments, part 7, most common, by shape

Chords, Chord Vocabulary Workout, part 1, progressions with m7b5 chords, sus chords, all types of 7th chords

Chords, Common Chord Progressions

Chords, embellishing “E” and “A” shape barre chords

Chords, half-diminished, diminished, and augmented

Chords, Hierarchy

Chords, introduction to moveable chords

Chords, Inversions, part 1, intro to and Tears in Heaven

Chords, Inversions, part 2, implementing inversions

Chords, jazzing up triad progressions with 7th chords

Chords, Latin Play-Alongs (Salsa Grooves)

Chords, Open Chords, major 7 and minor 7

Chords, open string chord hybrids

Chords, Power Chords, part 2, famous songs

Chords, Sus Chords

Chords, Triads, part 1, all 5 shapes and implementing

Chords, Triads, part 2, minor triads

Chords, Triads, part 3, harmonized scales

Chords, Triads, part 4, strategies for practicing triads

Chords, Triads, part 5, implementing triads

Chords, triads, part 6, voice leading

Chords, Ultimate Guide to Voicings for More Advanced Chords

Chords, Voicings, Jam Tracks, part 4, r&b and gospel loops

Commuter Audio: Ear Training, part 13, hearing the modes

Commuter Audio: Ear Training, part 18, modes as ‘clouds’

Commuter Audio: Ear Training, part 3

Commuter Audio: Ear Training, part 8, hearing chords 1

Commuter Audio: Master List

Commuter Audio: Music Theory, Essentials of

Fingerstyle, Travis Picking, book volume I

Fingerstyle, Travis Picking, Downward Arpeggio play-alongs

Fingerstyle, Travis Picking, Inner-Outer play-alongs

Fingerstyle, Travis Picking, Landslide

Fingerstyle, Travis Picking, overview

Fingerstyle, Travis Picking, Pinch play-alongs

Fingerstyle, Travis Picking, review of all 4 patterns

For Music Geeks Only

Fretboard Theory, CAGED chords by shape

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Fretboard Theory, Diminished

Fretboard theory, harmonized scales

Fretboard Theory, major scales across the neck

Fretboard Theory, massive CAGED workout

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Fretboard Theory, relative positions of I-IV-V, part 1

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Fretboard Theory, relative positions of I-IV-V, part 2

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Fretboard Theory, Taking CAGED through the Circle of Fifths

Fretboard Theory, using it to barre chord roots

Fretboard Theory, using it to Find Variations of Open Chords

Intro Pack

Jazz, “The Real Easy Book” vol. 1 & 2

Jazz, Building a Repertoire

Modes, part 1

Modes, part 10, modal progressions / how to jam on any mode

Modes, part 11, modes and arpeggios

Modes, part 13, I IV V chords in each mode

Modes, part 3

Modes, part 6, creating your own modal backing tracks

Music Theory, Circle of Fifths, part 2 – uses of

Music Theory, How Melody and Harmony Interact, part 1 & 2

Music Theory, Modern Harmony Simplified

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Music theory, using harmonized scales to transpose

Participating in Student Concert / Recital

Putting in the Bar Lines

Reading, Brent Block book part 1

Rhythm, African 6/8

Rhythm, How to Feel Half-Note Triplets

Rhythm, How to Feel Quarter-Note Triplets

Rhythm, map – part 2, 16th notes

Rhythm, map – part 3, triplets, groupings of 3, 6, 12

Rhythm, secrets of rhythm guitar, part 1: overview

Rhythm, straight vs. swing feel, part 1

Rhythm, syncopation, Afro Cuban Mozambique patterns

Riffs

Soloing, alternate picking, part 1: introduction

Soloing, alternate picking, part 2b, major scale patterns

Soloing, Building Speed

Soloing, Counterpoint

Soloing, How to Really Practice using the CAGED system

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Soloing, major scales

Soloing, Trading with Yourself, part 1

Soloing, Trading with Yourself, part 2, guide chords

Songwriting, Part 10, all about melody part I

Songwriting, Part 20, steal like a pro

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Songwriting, part 21, The Flow of Chord Progressions

Songwriting, Part 23 – secondary dominants and modulation

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Songwriting, Part 24 – start with rhythm, melody or harmony

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Songwriting, Part 6, Harmonizing a Melody

Strumming, part 1, basic strums summary

Strumming, part 3, other time signatures and feels

Strumming, part 4, adding percussive elements to strumming

Strumming, part 7, anticipation & delayed resolution

Student 2-year Anniversary Message

Student 7-month Anniversary Message

Student 90-day Anniversary Message

Student Repertoire – Book 1

Student Repertoire – Book 2

Student Repertoire – Book 3

Student Repertoire – Book 4

Student Repertoire – Book 5

Student Repertoire – Holidays

Student Repertoire – Jam Tunes

Tab Lesson 01

Tab lessons 14 – 19

Technique, Advanced Mechanics

Technique, Dual Lense – Zoom In, Zoom Out

Training, Articulation and Dynamics

Training, Focus Rotation

Training, How to Practice Troublesome Passages

Training, Practice Tracker

Training, Single Item, Multiple Elements

Training, Ultimate Guide to Practicing Efficiently

Why Group Classes Are Better Than Private Lessons